Photographs of Seminole County, Oklahoma

World War I draftees taken at Seminole, OK in 1917. The first
draft registration on 5 June 1917 was for men aged twenty-one to thirty-oneómen
born between 6 June 1886 and 5 June 1896. Writing on the photo indicates the
"First Seminole Co. contingent left Sept. 20, 1917". Monteith Photo, Wewoka is
written in the bottom right corner. My Mother Annie Fallin Hayes (1907-1998)
identified and signed the picture. Her father and my grandfather Joel H. Fallin
(1876-1944) is on the extreme left, front row, holding a white hat on his knee
or foot. I am not certain why he appears in the picture as he was listed in the
third draft registration in 1918. The picture may be of interest to some and
perhaps they could identify their ancestor or kin by using the draft
registration records found in several places online.

-photograph courtesy of James W. Hayes
Haymarket, Virginia

The photographs below were scanned from post cards which were sent to me by
Joyce Gilbert. Thank-You Joyce for your willingness to share this part
of Seminole County History. If there was anything written on the cards, I have
included it, as it was written "in quotation marks". If you would like your
Seminole County photographs posted, please send them to
me in .jpg format.

Traffic in the Oil Boom Days of Seminole, Oklahoma

Seminole City. Takes two teams to pull one Ford out of the
mud

Two horses outside the hood beats 4 horses underneath when
it comes to Seminole roads.